Indian-American South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been elected Vice Chair of the powerful Republican Governors Association. 44-year-old Haley’s elevation to this position came amid reports that she is being considered for the position of secretary of state by President-elect Donald Trump.

Haley said Republican governors are making a difference, delivering results to the people of their states, and the party's record-breaking majority shows that the RGA knows what it takes to elect effective leaders.

Haley could give Trump something to brag about and his supporters, desperate to deny the bigotry upon which their hero rose to national political prominence, something to point to, his willingness to appoint a woman from a minority group who did not cow to him during the election cycle, Bailey added.